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The country's parliament will consider extensions to the European Union Copyright Directive (EULA) that would criminalise numerous activities that could lead to copyright infringement. According to French opponents of the proposals these include creating your own compilations from a CD, extracting your favourite piece of music to listen to it on your computer, transferring it to a MP3 player, lending a CD to a friend, or reading a DVD with free software. Infringement could result in a maximum three-year jail sentence.

The new laws would also criminalise the distribution of software or code that enables copyright infringement or the publicising of methods for circumventing DRM restrictions.

The campaigners argue that the bill could further divide French society between those who have access to digital information and those who don't,

Detailed information is available on the campaigners' English language website.